So much yes. Parenting has become a competitive sport, and sanity and common sense have completely flown out the window. American societys first response to perceived abuse/neglect is no longer a friendly can I help? but a 911 call. Its outrageous. And maybe because we’re both so isolated and so “ambitious” in our parenting, we sabotage ourselves with impossible standards, live with a chronic fear of not measuring up in what’s supposed to be our most important calling. It’s almost as though, in the course of a few decades, we’ve all developed a cultural anxiety disorder around our children, and when I mull over this idea, I don’t feel anger or indignation over what’s happening, but an awful sort of sympathy.
Posted on: Wed, 04 Jun 2014 18:16:34 +0000
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